Elementary Schools for Equity: Policies and Practices that Help Close the Opportunity GapClick Here, Wentworth, L., Kessler, J., Darling-Hammond, L. (2013). Elementary Schools for Equity: Policies and Practices that Help Close the Opportunity Gap. Stanford, CA: Stanford University, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.

Building Ready States: A Governor's Guide to Supporting a Comprehensive, High-Quality Early Childhood State SystemsClick Here, National Governors Association

From Birth to Graduation and Beyond: Aligning Best Practices in Educational Systems to Improve Learning Outcomes: Profiles of State, Province, and Local P-3 InitiativesClick Here Center for the Study of Educational Policy, Illinois State University

Initiatives from Preschool to Third Grade: A Policymaker’s GuideThis guide serves as a reference guide for policymakers and their staffs, members of the media and others on the most commonly requested topics to the ECS Information Clearinghouse from preschool to third grade.Click Here, from the Education Commission of the States (ECS)

A Governor’s Guide to Early Literacy: Getting all Students Reading by Third GradeClick Here

Third Grade Literacy Policies: Identification, Intervention, RetentionClick Here
by Stephanie Rose and Karen Schimke, Education Commission of the States
March 2012

Beyond Random Acts: Family, School, and Community Engagement as an Integral Part of Education ReformClick Here National Policy Forum for Family, School, & Community Engagement

Maryland’s Vision for Engaging Families with Young Children: The Early Childhood Family Engagement FrameworkClick Here, Policy Equity Group, 2012

Parent Engagement from Preschool through Grade 3: A Guide for PolicymakersClick Here for Link to National Center on Children in Poverty

Leveraging the biology of adversity to address the roots of disparities in health and developmentClick Here
by Jack P. Shonkoff, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Research Base for a Birth through Age Eight State Policy Framework, TheClick Here, Alliance for Early Success

Resolution in Support of Aligning Preschool through 3rd GradeClick Here, The Los Angeles Unified School District, June 18, 2013

Science, Policy, and the Young Developing Child: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We DoClick Here, by Jack P. Shonkoff, Dean, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

College and Career Readiness: The Importance of Early LearningClick Here, ACT Research and Policy

What Do We Know About Principal Preparation, Licensure Requirements, and Professional Development for School Leaders?Click Here, from the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO), July 2014

Year-Round Learning: Continuity in Education Across Settings and Time Through Expanded Learning OpportunitiesClick Here
from Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)